Fallen officer's wife and daughter share grief and hope with community

Fallen officer's wife and daughter share grief and hope with community

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Updated: 10:28 AM EDT May 11, 2020

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um Well, he he wasn't really, like two sided. Like who he was at work was the same person that he was at home. And it was funny carrying, doing things all the way. He was just kind of an all around good person and just the same every day. I like to go to events with him. I like to check up on people that we helped. I like to just kind of go everywhere with them, be with him. He always wanted to be a cop because he felt that that's where he could help the most. Um, he cared about us. He cared about the community. He cared about his police officers. But he put that caring into action into actions, and he would spend his family time something with us. And he would He would include us. But he would, on his days off, be helping people, especially the members of his f o. P. Um, with whatever they needed. What, however, he could provide them service. He was happy to do it. Mike love to serve. And that came out in his entire life, including in the two year mission that he served for our church. He just wasn't selfish when he was at home. He was he was emailing and or just spending family time with us. But he was really the example of of a leader. Well, I, uh, in my job, in my work, I'm a firearms instructor and a competitive shooter on die travel all over the country. Actually, what I do involves a lot of travel. So that meant that Mike waas um really looking after the household in Tyler and taking care of all the responsibilities. And I don't I don't know of any other, um ah, husband or spouse that would in the world that's that supportive. I mean, he was anything that I wanted to do. He was supportive of me. And, um, what's funny is that as faras with what I do, he was the one that introduced me to firearms. Um, I was a music teacher. I had a private music studio in our apartment here for many years, and I loved it. And before that, I was a student at U. M. K. C's Conservatory of Music. So I was a musician, and that was my background on, and he prompted me to take a concealed carry class in about 2010 and I had no interest, but he was an excellent teacher, very patient. And he was smart enough to tell me that I needed to probably go get instruction from somebody other than myself. And I started along that road, and I just enjoyed, uh, the education aspect of it and, um, passionate about protecting our family and, um, myself. And then I got into teaching, which is where my true passion lies. So what were you gonna say? Said that he was definitely, like, Mr Mom. He was Mr Mom and Mr Dad and Mr Coach and Mr Yes, used all of that. He was He was everything when he was like, he never got tired of his family, and he never he never got tired of just having fun. You know, he he knew how to take your business and be serious, but, um, he was he was funny. Yeah, Funny guy. Mike had a very strong sense of, um of right and wrong, I think, and he was very passionate for sticking up from the right, and I think, you know, maybe a portion of that is that he wanted to do good. And, um, he saw police work as an ultimate good. Yeah, he also I feel like just he always wanted to help people like, no matter where or how. So I feel like just being a police officer was like that. That was the job description, was helping people being there. And so he just saw that and took it. And he he lived go big or go home. And he definitely went big and did everything that he possibly could for everyone. Um, Well, yes. I went to Operation Rudolph shop with a cop. Stronger tree, all of those things. Because, like, as we said, he talks about work every time. He he loved it. He did it on it stays off. So we were just kind of around it. So, um, yeah, when we went to, uh, say, like, shop with a cop, Um, it was very interesting and positive to see that, because we would have people come up to us who they were. They would be holding a pencil and be saying thank you like we haven't. This is like we've never had this before. And just to kind of see on, Like what we have, um, really makes like me realise and make made him realize that what we're doing is good and it really pays off. And so it was just fun to see how this little things and what my dad was doing and what everyone was doing was very imp active. I want him to be remembered as, ah, good police officer who took it to the ultimate sacrifice, who did everything that he could. And I want him to be remembered by people doing community service and doing all the things that he would dio and that is community service at this laughing, telling jokes and everything like that. I want him to be remembered by the things that he valued most, um, his his family, um, his family at work. And, um, you know, he didn't never just kind of get by or or do the 95 you know, clock in clock out. It was he was identifying what could be improved. Um, but it was on a human level. How could he improve things for the people around him? He was extremely concerned with officer safety. That was his big thing. I would, uh, I would see him doing research at home on incidences that could have been prevented or could have gone a different way. Better technology, better training. He was constantly putting in for training over the years, and he was an extremely accomplished. He graduated from D R E Academy, and so he was highly effective at his job. Highly trained, um, I considered him to be a, you know, an elite. And he I wanted to do everything that he could to be the best cop to be the best. Um, really protector of his brothers and sisters because he wanted to be able to come home every night. But he wanted also be able to bring his brother and sister's home to to their families what he value most. Yeah. My dad would probably say, Get back to work. Um, he would probably look at this situation and go. Yeah. Thanks for everything. Thanks for the flowers. Thanks for everything, but, um, I'm fine. I'm in a better place. Get back to work. I'm still gonna be with you. Even though you may not be able to see me. I think he would say, uh that Onda um, it's it's because of love. I think he would say he wouldn't say it, but he would mean I love you this much. Okay, Um, everything that he did was out of love to improve, um, and to protect. And, um, in the end, he gave his life, um, for the community to stop the situation. That was probably gonna end up much, much worse. And that's what he was willing to die for. Well, the first thing that I want to do is, um, thank the community for for caring. And, you know, I I knew that the community cared because I'm part of the community. And so I hurt. When we lose a firefighter when we lose a teacher, you know when we lose a police officer because, um, you know, thes air. These people are integral parts of our community and our on our family. But I didn't I didn't know what that looked like from the other side when I saw it being projected towards my family. And I cannot tell you how moving it is that people not only cared that they had lost mike as well as us, but that they're interested in learning about what he was doing on this earth. You know, all the things that he was doing at work in his charity and the things that he loved. His family, Um, you know, service jokes, his life. That's awesome. We want you to get to know Mike. I mean, he's yours, too, And its gratitude. It's humility. Um, and I just want to say he no, he he's gonna be here for forever While he was called to serve. And when you love somebody who places the value of other people's lives above their own, um, that is that's an honor. And we accept the honor. He's still with us. He's still I told police officers that that, um, toe leave an empty seat at roll call every night because my dad will sit there and he'll be in the patrol car and he'll still be making jokes and talking to the prisoners, and he'll still be doing all that stuff. He just won't. You just won't be able to see him. So when we lost Mike, uh, we had the challenge, which we were ready for, um, to make sure that he was honored in the way that a hero should be honored, Uh, because that's what he is. And so the challenge is being able Teoh provide a police funeral or any funeral or large gathering during Cove. It, um, we wanted a way to be able to bring the community together together so that they could honor him if they chose to. One of the ways that we're doing that is this next week, starting Sunday, we're having saluted loop procession. But that idea was born, um, when we were struggling to figure out how to bring the committee together without, um, endangering anybody on Sunday night when I came home from the hospital around 11. 30. Um, after we had said goodbye to Mike, I had a few hours alone in my home, too. Process and think about Mike, Um, and about 4 a.m. In the morning, I left my apartment to go walk over to my mother in law's house, and I passed a neighbor's window and in the window was a light, and I in my brain, my brain in the moment thought it's a computer screen or nightlight. But then I realized it was blue, and I knew that wasn't there. before and I realized that's not just a light. That's a blue light. That's for me. That's for us. That's for Mike. And this neighbor had, um, hadn't had to say anything but a 4 a.m. in the morning. Hours after I, um, say goodbye to my husband. For now, they had put this sweet gesture out there just to show that they cared just just to show that they cared. And that meant something to me. And so when we were thinking, What can we do to bring the community together? Um, toe honor Mike, And to bring us all closer to each other? Um, I thought, What if we on Sunday night around sundown, which is about about the time that that mike left? What if we light a blue light in a window? Everybody does this, Um, not just to commemorate Mike, but to think of all of our police officers who are mourning right now, and all the police officers that we have lost in the past and every night for a week, let's keep a blue light in the window. And it just so happens that this coming week, where might well have his funeral services coincides with National Police Week, where we honor all of our fallen officers for the year. And although this year we won't be ableto have Police Week in Washington and the activities because of Cove, it, um, we will be able tow commemorate him. And it's my hope that every year during Police Week, which just happens to be Mike's week as well, um, well, light a blue light in the window and will remember all of our heroes and all the heroes that are still in the streets. I already see unity in the community when I drive around, but I It's a visual thing that in the time where we've been quarantined and we have found interesting and unique creative ways to connect with each other, this fits. It just makes sense. And when you, uh when you see somebody taking a deliberate, tiny action that that says they care, you never know where it's going to end up. Um, I told that neighbor what they had done for me and that the next night, um, we had planned the week of the blue light, and that union station had been lit up, and I said it's It starts small, but it spreads quickly. So it meant everything to me. We're grateful that we have the time with him because he taught us how to live, how we should be. And he left us making sure we would be just fine.

This week marks National Police Week in the U.S.The wife and daughter of an officer who was gunned down in Kansas last week are speaking out about how they hope he's remembered, and what the community's support has meant to them in this difficult time. Officer Mike Mosher's wife, Corinne, and daughter, Tyler, sat down with our sister station KMBC in Kansas City.Mosher, who was with the Overland Park Police Department for nearly 15 years, died while exchanging gunfire with 38-year-old man after a hit-and-run accident on May 3. Take a look at the video above for the full interview.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. —

This week marks National Police Week in the U.S.

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The wife and daughter of an officer who was gunned down in Kansas last week are speaking out about how they hope he's remembered, and what the community's support has meant to them in this difficult time.